American Enterprise Institute28d
Betsy DeVos Has Advice for the Next Secretary of Education
philanthropist and school choice champion Betsy DeVos. Here’s what she had to say. Rick: What’s the biggest challenge that confronts a secretary of education on day one? DeVos: I think each ...
Politico5d
Former Trump Education secretary calls for department to be shuttered as cutting spree looks for next target
On Thursday, the push got a notable endorsement from Betsy DeVos, Trump’s secretary of Education in his first term, who wrote in an op-ed for The Free Press that the department should be ...
The Hill4d
DeVos calls for Education Department to be scrapped
Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s Education secretary during his first term, called for the Education Department to be scrapped in an op-ed for The Free Press on Thursday. “I can understand how ...
Betsy DeVos would work for Trump again if he agreed to "phasing out" the Department of Education
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has said she would serve a second term under Donald Trump if he wins in November, ...
Business Insider8y
Betsy DeVos is blocked by protesters from entering a school
Betsy DeVos was confirmed as President Trump's education secretary in a vote of 51-50 after a controversial hearing. Vice President Mike Pence broke the 50-50 tie in a historic vote. On Friday ...
Education Week29d
Rick Hess Straight Up
philanthropist and school choice champion Betsy DeVos. Here’s what she had to say. Rick: What’s the biggest challenge that confronts a secretary of education on day one? DeVos: I think each ...
Business Insider India6y
Why Betsy DeVos' summer home looks like a 'beached whale,' according to an architecture critic
But according to Wagner, DeVos' home largely fails at that, because each wing is visually different. There are two main characteristics of good architecture, she said. A building should be ...
Business Insider India1y
Inside the marriage of controversial billionaires Betsy DeVos and Amway heir Dick DeVos, who married young and ran a 'shadow state' in Michigan
In his book "Rediscovering American Values," Dick DeVos said the couple's relationship ... Dick wrote of marrying "beautiful Betsy Prince of Holland, Michigan, who shared my Dutch heritage as ...
National Review2y
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos served as the eleventh U.S. secretary of education, from 2017 to 2021. This essay is adapted from her recent book, Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of ...
EdSource4y
California sues Betsy DeVos over rule steering coronavirus aid to private schools
California is leading a multi-state lawsuit challenging U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ ruling that orders states to share federal coronavirus relief with private schools. Attorney General ...
Tri-City Herald3y
Pro-Con: Should all graduating high school seniors be required to take courses in personal finance?
As Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sets out to reform America’s underperforming public schools, let’s hope she puts their appalling lack of personal finance instruction near the top of her ...